Priestly formation in an era of epochal change
April 19, 2018
When I arrived at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary as the rector three years ago, I thought I knew how to answer the question of how someone becomes a Catholic priest.
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Holy friendship: ‘A remnant of paradise’
April 11, 2018
Even before the time of Christ, Aristotle wrote beautifully on the subject of friendship. Many are familiar with a phrase of his composing, a friend is “a single soul in two bodies.” Theological inaccuracies notwithstanding, it is an intriguing observation.
St. John Paul II’s devotion to divine mercy
April 4, 2018
There are many notable things about the life and papacy of St. John Paul II, but the most notable is his devotion to divine mercy.
We are witnesses
March 28, 2018
In the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and all the popes since, we hear over and over again that evangelization is the primary task of the church. In fact, in 1990, St. John Paul II declared, “I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the church’s energies to a new evangelization.”
Stories of Palm Sunday
March 22, 2018
The Palm Sunday cry of Christians, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,” was heard many centuries ago in Jerusalem’s streets. It still is heard today.
How to grow in humility in the social media era
March 14, 2018
When I was in college, a classmate posted on Ash Wednesday that she was giving up Facebook for Lent.
Charity and love during Lent
March 7, 2018
The sound of cymbals can add amazingly to the music of an orchestra or band.
Embrace sacrifice — but do not forget service and surrender
March 1, 2018
Lent and Easter had come and gone, but the Christian call to sacrifice was very much on Pope Francis’ mind when he addressed 12,000 pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square last June 28 during his weekly general audience.
Repentance in the early church
February 28, 2018
The call to a change of heart and a change of life was a hallmark of the ministry of Jesus, of His forerunner, John the Baptist, and of His apostles. And the Lenten season, which has been part of the Christian year from the earliest days of the church, has always made repentance its centerpiece.
Can a blessed automobile be auctioned, why Mass stipends?
February 14, 2018
I had always understood that, according to church law, blessed articles cannot be sold. Would you comment, please?
